As the haunting hour of Halloween nears, a universal holiday celebrated on the 31st October with its roots in pagan traditions and now better recognised as a commercial holiday during which people spend serious money, IoT Insider reflects on the…
Could a child’s smart watch rig Eurovision? Inside the wild world of IoT insecurity
Picture this: your child’s bright, cartoon-faced smart watch — sold as a way to keep them safe — could, in theory, become a tiny cog in a plot to rig a TV talent show. It sounds ridiculous, but as Ken…
UK defence and cyber chiefs call on IoT industry to take lead in securing national resilience
UK defence and cyber security leaders have urged the IoT industry to play a central role in strengthening the nation’s digital defences, warning that the boundary between commercial technology and national security has all but disappeared. At the IoT Security…
Infineon opens Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Application Lab
Infineon Technologies has established a dedicated Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Application Lab in Graz, Austria. Developed in collaboration with Silicon Austria Labs (SAL), the lab focuses on advancing UWB technology, exploring innovative use cases, and delivering real-world applications for automotive, industrial, IoT,…
Virgin Media O2 partners with Starlink to boost UK mobile coverage
Virgin Media O2 announced a multi-year partnership with Starlink Direct to Cell, marking the first initiative of its kind in the UK aimed at extending mobile coverage to rural areas and improving customer connectivity. Through the collaboration, Virgin Media O2…
AI threats outpace security expertise
Vanta released its third annual State of Trust Report, an in-depth analysis uncovering trends in AI, security, compliance, and trust from a survey of 3,500 IT and business leaders across the US, UK, France, Germany, and Australia. Today, 69% of…
Skydweller Aero & Nokia Federal Solutions awarded U.S. Navy contract
Skydweller Aero, in partnership with Nokia Federal Solutions Inc., has been awarded a U.S. Navy Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to demonstrate an airborne 5G communication hub capable of delivering secure, resilient networks in contested environments. The initiative, officially…
Bellrock hires Mark Evans to lead engineering services sales drive
Facilities management firm Bellrock has appointed industry veteran Mark Evans as Director of Sales, Engineering Services, as the company looks to accelerate growth across its technical and engineering divisions. Evans, who has more than two decades of experience in the…
MikroElektronika launches LoRa-based connectivity board for industrial IoT applications
MikroElektronika, the Serbian embedded solutions manufacturer, has launched a new low-power wireless connectivity module aimed at accelerating the development of Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT (IIoT) applications. The new LR 16 Click board, released in October, is based…
Zscaler launches new tools to speed fault detection and cut downtime
Zscaler, the US-listed Cloud security group, has unveiled a suite of upgrades to its Zscaler Digital Experience (ZDX) platform, designed to help enterprises detect and fix network and application issues more quickly, in a move aimed at reducing costly digital…
